Do Female rabbits hump each other?

ok strange one here...i supposidly have two female giants. They are around 9 months old and both lived together all their lives. They have not be neutered yet.

Problem is OH just rang panicing saying one was humping the other! Thing is i cant say ive ever seen them doing it, and they've never had a punch up.

Could this be a dominance thing? and is this a problem!

The vets are aware they are both girls, but noone's never told us differently

Help greatly needed!

Yes quite normal, humping is a dominance thing - it sounds as if they're ready to be booked in for neutering. If they are starting to get hormonal enough to hump then the chances of this turning into a fight are now increasing too.

Obviously do double check that there aren't any 'plums' just in case that is the problem though!

Was worried that someone might say that. I was hoping to leave the neautering till May/June, due to personal issues - might have to re-think!

Yep, i had 2 foster girlies do this It started as humping, then went on to be fighting... so id keep an eye on them, as they may fall out Once the foster girlies were neutered, they were fine again

Sounds like their trip to the vets is going to be sooner rather than later. Good luck xXx

Drake and Josh used to. I would often see Josh humping poor Drake's head :shock:
After they were neutered though, they stopped

I do want to get them neautered its just a personal problem has left us with very little money. N im worried that if i get them done, somthing will happen which will mean they would need to go back to the vets eg split wound. Do problems occur often? or am im worrying too much

Yeah I agree with the above,hormones have kicked in and its time for speying

What vets do you use? The more competent the bunny vet, the less likely there is to be a problem. Apparently there is a guy called William at Wylie & Partners in Upminster who is an extremely competent specialist bunny vet.

While insurance wouldn't cover a spay, would it cover any further work needed as a result of a spay? (I don't know the answer - does anyone else?) If finances are likely to be a worry for a while, it might be worth looking into getting them insured to cover this and any other unexpected problems.

Even if you are worrying about finance at the moment I would start to save up now to the best of your ability, so that if they do start to become a bit more problematic, you can book them in and at least have some of the cost pre-covered. Once they start fighting it can be very difficult to restore the bond afterwards - and of course they may injure each other in a fight too, so spaying sooner than May/June really is for the best if there is any way you can work round it.